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Wireless Hacks Tips and Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network

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ISBN-10: 0596101449

ISBN-13: 9780596101442

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Rob Flickenger, Roger Weeks, Rob Flickenger, Ernest Thompson

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The popularity of wireless networking has grown exponentially over the past few years, despite a general downward trend in the telecommunications industry. More and more computers and users worldwide communicate via radio waves every day, cutting the tethers of the cabled network both at home and at work. Wireless technology changes not only the way we talk to our devices, but also what we ask them to do. With greater flexibility, broader range, and increased mobility, wireless networks let us live, work, and think differently. Wireless networks also open up a vast range of tasty new hack possibilities, from fine-tuning network frequencies to hot-rodding handhelds. The second edition of…    
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List price: $24.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.49" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Roger Weeks is a coauthor of Linux Unwired. He has nearly a decade of experience in systems and network administration and has been building Linux systems at home and in the enterprise since 1998. His first computer was an Atari 800, which was promptly taken apart so he could add more memory before he attached the 300bps modem.He is currently the senior network administrator for Mendocino Community Network, a small ISP in coastal northern California. MCN is owned by the local school district, and puts their profits back into the local schools. Prior to that position, he was involved with community wireless ( http://www.nocat.net ) and an Internet co-op ( http://www.wscicc.org ) in Sonoma…    

Foreword
Credits
Preface
Bluetooth, Mobile Phones, and GPS
Set Up Bluetooth on Linux
Set Up Bluetooth on Windows XP
Connect Mac OS X with a Bluetooth Phone
Connect Linux with a Bluetooth Phone
Connect Windows XP with a Bluetooth Phone
Use Your Treo as a Modem
Send SMS from a PowerBook
Remote Control Mac OS X with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs
Remote Control Linux with a Bluetooth Phone
Control XMMS with Bluetooth
Liven Up Parties with a Participatory Slideshow
Send SMS from Linux
Remote Control Windows with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs
Control Your Bluetooth Phone with FMA
Control Your Computer from Your Palm
Control Your Home Theater from Your Palm
Choose a Cellular Data Plan
Blog from Your Mobile Phone
Get Google Maps on Your Mobile Phone
Share Your GPS
Broadcast Your GPS Position
Map Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet and GPSd
Network Discovery and Monitoring
Find All Available Wireless Networks
Discover Networks with NetStumbler
Detect Networks with Handheld PCs
Find and Join Wireless Networks with AP Radar
Detect Networks on Mac OS X
Scan Passively with KisMAC
Detect Networks with Kismet
Monitor Wireless Links in Linux with Wavemon
Analyze Traffic with Ethereal
Track 802.11 Frames in Ethereal
Watch Network Traffic
grep Your Network
Check Wi-Fi Network Performance with Qcheck
Estimate Network Performance
Get Real-Time Network Stats
Graph Your Wireless Performance
Find Radio Manufacturers by MAC
Wireless Security
Stop Moochers from Stealing Your Wi-Fi Bandwidth
Visualize a Network
Secure Your Linux Network with WPA
Control Wireless Access by MAC
Authenticate Wireless Users
Forward Ports over SSH
Proxy Web Traffic over SSH
Securely Connect Two Networks
Generate a Tunnel Configuration Automatically
Poll Wireless Clients
Interrogate the Network
Track Wireless Users
Hardware Hacks
Add an External Antenna
Do-It-Yourself Access Point Hardware
Boot from a Compact Flash Hard Drive
Increase the Range of a PowerBook
Send Power over Your Ethernet
The NoCat Night Light
Upgrade the Linksys WET11
Scan for Wireless Networks Automatically
Backlight Your Zipit
Unwire Your Pistol Mouse
Mobilize Your WRT54G with the WiFiCar
Software Hacks
Build Your Own Access Point with Linux
Bridge Your Linux AP
Protect Your Bridge with a Firewall
Filter MAC with HostAP and Madwifi
Upgrade Your Wireless Router
Set Up an OLSR Mesh Network
Extend Your Wireless Network with WDS
Pebble
Wall Off Your Wireless
Run Your Mac as an Access Point
Run Linux on the Zipit Wireless Messenger
Capture Wireless Users with NoCatAuth
Capture Wireless Users on a Small Scale
Build an Online Community in Your Offline Neighborhood
Manage Multiple AirPort Base Stations
Advertise Bonjour Services in Linux
Advertise Any Service with Bonjour in Mac OS X
Redirect "Brought to you by" Bonjour Ads
Use a Windows-Only Wireless Card in Linux
Use Your Orinoco Card with Hermes AP
Do-It-Yourself Antennas
Make a Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector
Spider Omni Antenna
Pringles Can Waveguide
Pirouette Can Waveguide
Primestar Dish with Waveguide Feed
Primestar Dish with Biquad Feed
Cut a Cable Omni Antenna
Build a Slotted Waveguide Antenna
The Passive Repeater
Determine Your Antenna Gain
Build Cheap, Effective Roof Mounts
Wireless Network Design
Analyze Elevation Profiles for Better Long-Range Wireless Networking
Build a Wireless Network for the Large House
Establish Line of Sight
Calculate the Link Budget
Align Antennas at Long Distances
Slow Down to Speed Up
Take Advantage of Antenna Polarization
Wireless Standards
Wireless Hardware Guide
Index